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Boston Globe - Entertainment

Jenny Zigrino on why a drag King George III is a great way to comment on the current moment - The comedian and MassArt alum comes to the Comedy Studio in Harvard for two shows next week.

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BOOKS -- Local bestsellers for the week ended April 5 -- Based on reporting from the independent booksellers of the New England Independent Booksellers Association and IndieBound.

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Sound Check -- 'I think it is good to just say that word out loud': Local musicians perform at suicide-prevention festival -- Adi Uppal has organized a series of benefit shows for the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), one of which takes place at Time Out Market on Sunday.

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odie henderson review - The Boston-based dark comedy 'The Drama' stars Zendaya and Robert Pattinson. Our critic gave it zero stars. If you knew the twist in the movie, you wouldn't go see it.

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Why isn't there a 'Real Housewives of Boston'?

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A new PBS Thoreau documentary helps convert a skeptic

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How Jessye DeSilva's mid-life return to songwriting yielded an album of queer joy anthems -- DeSilva's new album is a rocking ode to queer joy that was made by a trans songwriter during a time of political turmoil, but also transcends the chaos with musical portraits of timeless spaces like sweaty VFW punk shows and glitzy drag performances.

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don aucoin notebook - On TV and the stage, fictional authors are creator stand-ins, and so much more - Sometimes they reflect off-camera anxieties like the rise of AI, and sometimes they reflect viewer fantasies of the romance of authorship.

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Fenway Park to host 'Real Housewives of Rhode Island' cast at Red Sox 'Bravo Night' -- Last year, the Sox welcomed Tom Schwartz of "Vanderpump Rules" and several Real Housewives alums.

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UK bars Ye over antisemitism, despite scheduled festival performances -- The British government said Tuesday that it had barred Ye — the rapper formerly known as Kanye West — from entering the country to play a series of concerts because of his history of antisemitism.

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Former Migos rapper Offset is stable after being shot outside a Florida casino, spokesperson says -- Two people were detained by police and officials were investigating, according to a statement from the department.

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Photos: Fans take over Hynes Convention Center for Anime Boston 2026

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Dark Australian comedy 'Deadloch' returns for season 2, as funny as ever

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BSO announces Andris Nelsons' final Symphony Hall season

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Short play festival returns for second year at Rex Theatre in Manchester, N.H.

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UK government blocks rapper Ye from entering Britain to headline festival

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Maria Semple's latest novel is a page-turner about philosophy, covens, and other middle-age temptations

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The Grim Reaper takes aim at millennials in Branden Jacobs-Jenkins's tragicomedy, 'The Comeuppance'

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Once a seasonal afterthought, the South Shore has quietly become one of Boston's most vibrant live music scenes

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'He went from Mahatma Gandhi to General Zod like that': Kimmel, Colbert react to Trump's Iran comments, cease-fire deal

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What's 'Normal' for Bob Odenkirk? Constantly trying new projects, the actor says.

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Golden statues of himself, a 747 inside: Trump's presidential library rendering is unsurprising — and unlikely to become reality

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Taylor Frankie Paul faces protective order hearing in Utah after 'Bachelorette' cancellation

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'The Real Housewives of Rhode Island' confront rumors and secrets in episode 2

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A controversial mural depicting a slain Ukrainian refugee is now on a Lebanese restaurant in Providence's Federal Hill

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In 'Nothing to See Here: Watts,' those affected by gang violence filmed their own documentary

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Louis C.K.'s Netflix return is a perfect fit for these shameless times

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'Neighbors' offers a queasy look at a kind of conflict that lands a little too close to home

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This week's TV: Elizabeth Banks in 'The Miniature Wife,' the return of 'Euphoria,' and more

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Inside one of the world's largest dollhouse shops, now open in Fall River

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